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At the peak of the influenza A( H1N1 ) virus epidemic last year, Atlanta internist Sandra Fryhofer, MD, had to refuse vaccine for some patients because they did not fall into the priority groups set by the Centers for Disease … “The 2009 H1N1 pandemic showed us that elderly people aren’t necessarily the only ones at high risk for serious consequences of influenza,” Skinner said. “The committee thought the time was now to really recommend everyone get a flu vaccine .” …

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Still Time to Get H1N1 Flu Vaccine

Unless a person has had a laboratory confirmed case of H1N1 , they cannot be certain they had H1N1 . Each week the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) analyzes information about influenza disease activity in the United States …

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Pandemic predictions for swine flu didn’t hold true, but is a third round still ahead? (Belleville News-Democrat)

The 2009 H1N1 flu season was predicted in early fall by the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to be of pandemic proportions.

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Swine flu was a whimper, but is a third round still ahead? (Belleville News-Democrat)

The 2009 H1N1 flu season was predicted in early fall by the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to be of pandemic proportions.

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H1N1 (Swine Flu) 2009 Update: Global's H1N1 Update – 03/09/10

The American Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said in a situation update that, five months after its launch, the H1N1 vaccine has demonstrated the same safety record as seasonal flu vaccines. Out of an estimated 70 million …

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CIDRAP Reports On H1N1 Vaccine Safety

Mar 5, 2010 (CIDRAP News) – Nearly 5 months after its launch, the pandemic H1N1 vaccine still appears to have a safety profile similar to that of seasonal flu vaccines, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in an …

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Pope John Paul II's sainthood delayed amid doubts over …

September 23rd, 2009 BEIJING – In their bid to control the fast spreading swine flu epidemic, authorities in China have so far administered H1N1 vaccine shots to more than 39000 people, an epidemic control expert said Wednesday. Liang Xiaofeng, director of the immunization centre under the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, said as of Tuesday only 14 people developed side effects after taking the vaccine shots . Naples cardinal: Swine flu fears shouldn’t …

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Abt Associates receives two new contracts to evaluate …

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has awarded Abt Associates two new contracts to evaluate the effectiveness of the H1N1 vaccine among health …

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CDC Awards Abt Associates Additional Contracts to Evaluate …

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has awarded Abt Associates two new contracts to evaluate the effectiveness of the H1N1 vaccine among health care workers and children under the age of 18.

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Second wave of H1N1 on horizon (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)

Despite dwindling H1N1 cases, Dr. Deborah McMahan warned that a second pandemic outbreak of the disease is likely.

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